Rachel Chang

Rachel Chang is a seasoned journalist and editor with two decades of experience covering travel, pop culture, entertainment and lifestyle. She is a regular contributor to Condé Nast Traveler and Travel + Leisure. Her work has also appeared in The New York Times for Kids, Wall Street Journal's Buy Side, Rolling Stone, Lonely Planet, Airbnb Magazine, Hemispheres, Tripadvisor, Biography, Huffington Post, Mic's Out of Office, Mental Floss, Money, Parade, Shermans Travel, TripSavvy and USOpen.org, among others. She's been publisher at Travelzoo, senior editor at Us Weekly, editor-in-chief of Bauer Publishing's top-selling newsstand teen magazine J-14 and entertainment editor at CosmoGIRL! Rachel is an avid world traveler (Patagonia, Galapagos, Nepal, Saba, Slovenia, South Africa, Morocco, Azores, Taiwan), who focuses on solo travel and responsible tourism. In the celebrity space, Zac Efron told Rachel that she was his first-ever press interviewer (he was not her first interview subject!). Her other celebrity interviews include Taylor Swift, Harry Styles, Miley Cyrus, Justin Bieber, Emma Watson, Hugh Grant, Viola Davis, Eddie Redmayne, Kenny Ortega (and his dog Manly), Kim Kardashian and Bruce Jenner. She founded the Teen Icon Awards, which "broke the internet" in its premiere year. She started her career in entertainment publicity at The WB Television Network ("Dawson's Creek," "Felicity," "Gilmore Girls") and was inducted into Syracuse University's S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications' Professional Gallery Wall of Fame in 2012. Rachel has been quoted in USA Today, CNN, New York Post, NY Daily News and Advertising Age, and appeared on Music Choice's "Certified," Goom Radio, PopEater and the reality show "Majors & Minors," where she press trained young pop stars as a mentor, along with Avril Lavigne and Jennifer Hudson. She has also hosted InTune concerts, moderated CosmoGirl Live!, and produced the NYC premiere of Anna Faris' "The House Bunny."